Phone Calls ^__^

Setelah liat facebook gua, banyak temen yang komentar, “Lo kenapa sih wit? Udah pengen pulang banget ya?”
Hehe….

YA IYYA LAAAH!!! Neven been away from home this long. Paling lama tiap 6 bulan sekali pulang ke rumah (waktu SMA).
Ini udah 8 bulan lebih gak ketemu rendang! (maaf, maksudnya family).
Sekarang kalau kangen rumah ya solusinya nelepon rumah (chatting doesn’t work since I have to wait FOREVER for my mom and dad to write a single sentence, and webcam doesn’t help either cause my mom would start crying, my dad would tell me to show the whole room and house, and garden, while my sisters would busy commenting about the dark spots on my face or how fat I’ve become. What a lovely sisters, huh?).

But, calling home can lift my mood right away. Why? Cause when it comes to talk on the phone, each members of my family has their own style…. ^_^

Bokap’s style
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Paps

1) Pertama-tama, dengarkan dengan seksama.
Gua: Hallo, paps! apa kabar? wiwit ni.
Bokap: ya, ini siapa ya??
Gua: ….

2) Ramah itu penting.
Gua: Ini wiwit pa.
Bokap: Oh, … Kok nelepon?
Gua: …
(soalnya kalau lari, sampe Lebaran tahun depan juga belum nyampe, pa…)

3) Keep it simple
Bokap: sehat nak?
Gua: Alhamdulilah, sehat pa.
Bokap: Gimana studynya nak? lancar?
Gua: Alhamdulilah masih bertahan pa
Bokap: Kiriman allowance lancar nak?
Gua: Alhamdulilah lancar pa.
Bokap: Oke, … mau ngomong apa lagi nak?
Gua: …..

Nyokap’s style
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Mams

1) Bukalah dan tutuplah dengan salam

2) Jangan pernah lupa pertanyaan paling penting abad ini: Jadi berat badan kamu berapa sekarang?

3) Selalu update keadaan rumah. Dan untuk nyokap gua, rumah itu punya definisi yang sangat luas, bisa jadi rumah beneran, rumah dalam artian kota, propinsi, sampe rumah Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia nan tercinta di alam raya.
“Jadi wit, mengenai capres dan cawapres kita untuk tahun ini. Kan ada 3 tuh. Kamu pilih yang mana?”

4) Jangan panik.
“Eh..wit..bentar..bentar… ini mau pake speaker aja… aduh gimana sih ini pasang speaker nya?? mama gak ngerti!! …. tunggu wit!! jangan ditutup dulu!! …aduuuuh!!!…ADE!!!!”
After 9 months away, I already got used to this kind of panick situation. Tapi telepon terakhir kemarin bikin gua melongo: “Ade!! Kok teleponnya nyetrum sih??!!”

5) Jangan nangis
Nyokap: punggungnya gimana wit?
Gua: masih agak kaku sih ma, sekarang kalau duduk gak bisa lama-lama.
Nyokap: …..
Gua: ma?
Nyokap: ….
Gua: ma?… mama??
Mba Sofie: Yes, wit! mba Sofie disini
Gua: loh? mama mana?
Mba Sofie: tuh! lagi nangis di pojokkan. Udaaaah…. cuekin aja… emang suka gak jelas gitu kok mama kita. Kamu kayak gak tau ajah…
(background voice nyokap: ADEE!!!)

6) Jangan berantem di telepon
Nyokap: Jadi kapan kamu pulang?
Gua: Insya Allah October sih ma
(background voice bokap: dibilangin October gak percaya)
Nyokap: Yang beli tiketnya siapa?
Gua: ya….Dep..
(background voice bokap: Ya Depkominfo lah! Kan emang dealnya begitu dulu)
Nyokap: iiih papa diem dulu deh. Orang aku lagi ngomong juga. Nah, jadi wit, October ya… masih berapa bulan lagi tuh ya…
(background voice bokap: masih 7 bulan lagi. gitu aja kok ditanyain sih?) <— waktu percakapan ini terjadi.
Nyokap: Papa kenapa sih? Rese amat. Papa sana dulu deh, aku mau ngobrol sama wiwit dulu!
Bokap: Abis gitu aja ditanyain, ngobrol itu yang penting-penting aja kek. Kasian kan pulsa dia kebuang percuma.
Nyokap: Ini penting pa! Kan kita harus tau dia ntar pulangnya gimana.
Bokap: Ya tapi gak usah ditanyain tiap minggu dong.
Nyokap: Gapapa dong! Bentar ya wit… ini si Papa suka emang suka rese…. Papah!
Gua: …….

Mba Ruri's style
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BaLur

ngobrol sama Mba Ruri sama aja kayak ngobrol sama bayi. Gimana enggak, kalau tiap baru ngomong bentar, anaknya udah nyerocos.
(Percakapan di bawah ini diiringi suara bayi umur setahun as the background voice)

Mba Ruri: Wit, apa kabar?
Gua: Baik mba.
Mba Ruri:Jadi berat badan kamu berapa?”
Gua: ….hmmph (kenapa sih emangnya kalau gua tambah gemuk? people grow gitu loh!)
Mba Ruri: Eh tunggu bentar ya ini si Arin mau jatoh
Gua: ok,ok.. take your time.
Mba Ruri:..ya.. jadi lagi liburan ya? Udah kemana aja??
Gua: gak banyak sih, tapi kemarin pergi sama temen ke …
Mba Ruri: eh tunggu bentar, ini si Arin gak mau diem banget!
Gua: ok…ok..
Mba Ruri: ya…. jadi kemana tadi?
Gua: iya, jadi kemarin sama temen serumah ke kas…
Mba Ruri: aduuuhh… bentar ya wit, ini si Arin narik-narik teleponnya…
Gua: …hmm..iya..iya…
Mba Ruri: nah, ok! jadi kemana tadi?
Gua: ke kastil Tin..
Mba Ruri: Arin!! jangan dimakan teleponnya!!!
Gua: ….
Mba Ruri: oke..oke.. jadi kemana tadi?
Gua: …nngg… gak kemana-mana kok mba. Di rumah aja.

Mba Sofie’s style
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Mba SoV

Mba Sofie’s style? Hmm…now, you’ll see why I always end up calling Indonesia more than an hour…

1) Tekankanlah hal-hal yang kamu anggap krusial.
“JADI YA WIT, kamu harus ingat untuk selalu melihat ke bawah, tapi jangan lupa untuk juga melihat ke atas. Nah, dua hal itu jangan dicampur adukkan, JANGAN DICAMPUR ADUKKAN!! JANGAN DICAMPUR ADUKKAN!! SEKALI LAGI JANGAN DICAMPUR ADUKKAN!!!
(by the end of the day, yang gua inget cuma “jangan dicampur adukkan”)

2) Summarise after each point. (baca: after each 10 minutes)
“JADI GITU YA WIT….seperti yang mba bilang barusan…” dan nasihat yang udah diomongin 10 menit yang lalu pun diulang lagi dengan susunan kata-kata yang berbeda.
Phrase ini akan berulang sekitar 10 menit kemudian. Kalau istilah IT nya: looping forever.

4) Jangan hanya know your audience, tapi juga know your surrounding.
“WIT! masih dengerin gak?! masih dengerin kan?! kok diem aja sih?! lagi dinasihatin juga! Dengerin napa!”

5) Seriously, know your surrounding.
Mba Sofie: wit??…wit?? masih disitu kan??
Gua: i-iya mba… ta-tapi ini.. udah nyaris dua jam mba…
Mba: Kamu ini gimana sih! … Jangan ditutup dulu! Mba masih pengen ngomong! Dua menit lagi ya! Nah, jadi gitu wit… seperti yang mba bilang barusan….

5) Jangan lupa narsis: jadi wit, kayaknya ke depannya kamu kalau nelepon mba seminggu sekali aja deh. Biar kamu gak bangkrut gitchu. Soalnya kamu tau sendiri mba kalau udah ngomong gak bisa berhenti. Tapi lihat sisi baiknya dong, kamu beruntung loh bisa ngobrol sama mba. Banyak loh orang yang mau ngobrol sama mba. Banyak loh wit, banyak. Gak tau nih, kenapa ya? Bakat alami sih kayaknya. Jadi ya wit, mengenai bakat….
(dalem hati: nyokap gua ngidam apa sih waktu hamil kakak gua? petasan?)

6) Tapi akhirnya dia sadar diri kok…
Gua: kenapa ngomongya jadi bisik-bisik mba?
Mba Sofie: soalnya ada mama, wit. Ntar kalau ketahuan masih nelepon ntar mba dimarahin lagi gara-gara ngabisin pulsa kamu (and yet you’re still talking!)
Sebenernya mba itu pendengar yang baik loh (dari hongkong), cuman kalau buat kamu itu ada pengecualian. Kalau ke kamu itu mba perlu banyak bicara. Soalnya mba merasa kamu itu perlu banyak dinasihatin (hah?! maksut loh?! bilang aja emang situ hobinya ngomong!)

Seriously guys, how can I not miss these people? ^___^

I’m gonna miss MJ’s songs…

Jumat, 26 June 2009, dini hari (jam 4 pagi tepatnya), gua bangun buat salat Subuh.
Abis salat, iseng buka HP, terus ada sms dari tante gua tercinta, Jhe. Pesannya sih singkat aja, cuma tiga kata:
‘Michael Jackson dies’

HEH???!!!!! WHAT ON EARTH???!!!

Gua langsung buka google dan yak… ternyata itu nyata adanya (apa seh?!). Wah… padahal gua sama roomate gua baru ngomongin almarhum beberapa hari sebelumnya. Soalnya kan MJ mau dateng ke London dan gua pengen banget bisa liat MJ. Kapan lagi gitu loh… liat MJ…..
Ternyata….. beneran gak kesampean…. hiks…

Well, Innalillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rojiun…. Alhamdulilah dia meninggal sebagai muslim

Anyway, I think I’m gonna miss all of his songs. No one can create beat as good as him…..

Puasa (nyaris) 19 Jam

Hiya semua!!!

Lama gak ngapdet, euy!

Pa kabar???!!!! <—– suddenly too excited.

Setelah berjibaku (yaelah…bahasanya.. berjibaku…) dengan assignmetns dan ujians, akhirnya gua bisa lumayan bersantai dan fokus ngerjain thesis gua.

Sebenernya kata bersantai itu gak tepat sih, soalnya gua tetep aja ke kampus tiap hari DAN minimal banget 6 jam mantenging Encase 5 buat meriksain USB-USB bekas. Well, no complaints there sih, soalnya tuh USBs ternyata lumayan seru2 juga isinya. Hehe….

You think, your data is gone just by formatting your USB?….. Think again… *evil grin*

ANYWAY, walaupun meriksainnya itu bisa bikin mata gua mengecil dari ukuran aslinya (saking capeknya), tapi kalau gua nemu hal-hal yang sensitive (HAH? SENSITIVE??!!!) gua jadi bergairah lagi. <——-lo ngomong apa sih wit?

Iya, so far, gua udah nemu banyak bank account numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, foto gak jelas (gak jelas juntrungannya, alias porn), dll dll. Interim report gua udah sampe 7000 lebih kata. Buset…. gua belum pernah tuh, bikin report (masih interim lagi) sampe 7000 kata gitu. Untung gak di print.

Kalau diinget-inget lagi….. capek juga ngerjainnya. Capek, tapi seru.

Hari ini gua puasa loooh. <—– kebiasaan langsung loncat topik

DAN puasa di musim semi itu beratnya kagak ketulungan. Bayangin dong! (Bayangin ya…) Shubuh itu jam 2:46 pagi. Sementara Maghribnya……….

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JAM 9:31 MALEM!!!!!!!

Kalau diitung-itung kan gua gak makan gak minum 19 jam tuh. Gile…. Alhamdulilah… bukan pas Ramadhan. Hehe… Kalau gak salah pas Ramadhan ntar, Shubuhnya udah jam 4 pagi, tapi bukanya tetep aja jam 8 malem.. ya… lumayan lah.. jadi 16 jam puasa…. (mudah-mudahan gua jadi kurus lagi…Amiiiin)

Tapi puasa 19 jam ternyata biasa aja tuh. (cieee,…..)

Eh, bener loh. Tadinya gua takut. Tapi pas dijalanin, ternyata sama aja kayak waktu puasa di Indonesia dulu. Asal jangan dipikirin aja. Hehehe….

Nah, udah ah updatenya. Sebenernya gua masih banyak yang mau diceritain tapi ntar aja deh. Kalau gua lagi gak laper (oops….) maksudnya kalau gua lagi gak ngantuk kayak sekarang inih. Hehehe…

~w~

Percakapan Gak Penting Antara Gua dan Kakak-kakak Gua

Peran kakak dalam kehidupan seorang adik itu sangat crucial.
Karena kakak bisa berfungsi sebagai teman bermain dan belajar (emangnya Bobo) yang sangat efektif untuk si adik.
Gua punya dua kakak perempuan dan gua akui peran mereka dalam perkembangan cara berpikir gua sangat signifikan. Berikut gua sebutkan beberapa.

Penambahan Kosa Kata 
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Mba Sofie: Wit, kita tatkala yuk!
Gua: *bengong*
Mba Sofie: Wit, ayo! kita tatkala!
Gua: *karena emang gak ngerti, gua cuekin aja kakak gua*
Mba Sofie: tatkala! tatkala!! <–makin semangat ngomong sampe-sampe matanya yang emang udah gede, kayak mau loncat keluar gitu.
Gua: Apaan sih mba? <– perlu diketahui, dari kecil gua emang lebih cool dibanding kakak-kakak gua.
Mba Sofie: tatkala, wit! itu loh… mandi bersama!!
Gua: hah?!?!…*diem sesaat* Oh….(dalam hati mencatat bahwa tatkala = mandi bersama. tanpa menyadari bahwa kakak gua itu juga baru denger kata ‘tatkala’ dari guru Bahasanya hari itu, dan dengan semena-menanya mengasosiasikan kata ‘tatkala’ dengan mandi bersama)

Anything is possible
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Mba Ruri: Wit, sapu mana? mau nyapu kamar nih.
Gua: Gak tau, di bawah kali
Mba Ruri: gak ada, mba udah cari-cari kok gak ada ya.
Gua: yaa..mana wiwit tau. coba di miscall, kali aja nyaut *bercanda*
Mba Ruri: nomornya berapa?
Gua: ???

Hormatilah copyright
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Gua: gambar apaan mba?
Mba Sofie: gambar orang
Gua: *tertarik pengen liat*
Mba Sofie: *langsung nutupin kertas gambarnya sebisa mungkin supaya gua gak bisa liat*
Gua: *ngalah, karena pada dasarnya gua emang lebih dewasa* namanya siapa mba?
Mba Sofie: rahasia
Gua: *pantang menyerah* ah mba, masa wiwit gak boleh tau sih?!
Mba Sofie: gak boleh! ntar kamu tiru lagi namanya!
Gua: iya gak wiwit tiru deh, ntar wit pake nama lain. liat dong.
Mba Sofie: gak mau!
Gua: Beneran mba, gak bakal wiwit tiru! Lagian wiwit gak bisa gambar orang juga..
Mba Sofie: aaah…. gak ah! 
Gua: yaaa..mba….
——nyokap masuk ruangan——
Nyokap: Kasih tau atuh, de (panggilan nyokap buat kakak gua). kasian adeknya.
Mba Sofie: *menghela nafas kesel* bener?? janji ya gak niru. Pokoknya kalau kamu gambar orang gak boleh dinamain Anggraeni, Anggraena, Raranggening ATAU Rarangginang!!!
Bener ya! Jangan ditiru! Awas loh kalau kamu berani tiru!!!
Gua: *bersyukur karena gak bisa gambar orang*
Nyokap: *ngeri membayangkan prospek nama cucunya kelak*

Bahasa Inggris itu penting
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Waktu masih kecil biasanya kalau Bogor hujan pas sore-sore, gua dan kakak gua sering main di ruang tamu. Suatu hari waktu Bogor hujan deras…
Mba Sofie: Wit! nyanyi yuuuk!
Gua: Nyanyi apaan?
Mba Sofie: Udaaah… kamu ngikut ajaaah..backing vocal.
Gua: Oke
Mba Sofie mulai nyanyi gak jelas, muter-muter keliling ruang tamu serasa ada di dunia sendiri (baca:autis). 
Gua: *nyanyi apa sih ni orang*
Mba Sofie: *bagian chorus* …. I want to free!!! free like the bird in the sky and so high…no more..!!!
Gua: *HAH?! bahasa inggris??!!*
Mba Sofie: …and the one thing before…to keep me let me go… i want to free…

Perlu diketahui, itu beneran lirik yang dia nyanyiin loh. Gua masih inget soalnya tiap session nyanyi2 di ruang tamu, dia selalu nyanyi lagu “i want to free” itu dengan nada yang exact sama. Waktu itu gua pikir kakak gua keren banget englishnya sampe bisa bikin lagu segala. Setelah gua lumayan sering nongkrongin Sesame Street, gua jadi males kalau disuruh jadi backing vocal dia.

Keadilan Sosial bagi Seluruh Rakyat Indonesia
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Masih tentang main-main di ruang tamu kalau Bogor lagi hujan sore-sore.
Mba Sofie: Eh, kita main rumah-rumahan, yuuuuk!!!
Gua dan Mba Ruri: Hayuuuuk..!!
dan proses membangun rumah pun dimulai dengan menyusun cushions jadi dinding-dinding kamar di sekitar meja ruang tamu. Biasanya “rumah” nya itu terdiri dari dua kamar doang, dan satu kamar untuk dapur/ruang tamu. karena kita bertiga, otomatis kita rebutan kamar.
Mba Ruri: mba disinih!!!
Mba Sofie: ade disinih!!!
Gua: yaaa… wiwit dimana dooong..
Mba Sofie: Gini Wit, *dengan nada sok bijak* kamu pergi belanja dulu ya. ntar kalau udah pulang kamu tidur di sini.
Gua: oke
Gua pun pergi “belanja” which requires me to walk around the kitchen, bring some materials and come back. 
Gua: Mba, udah nih belanjanya.
Mba Sofie: yaa… kurang nih.. nah, kamu belanja lagi ya.. yang ini jangan lupa
Gua: oke
..dan gua pun balik lagi ke dapur, ngalor ngidul pura-pura lagi belanja di pasar. 10 menit kemudian…
Gua: Mba udah nih belanjanya…
Mba Sofie: hmmm…. masih kurang nih. kalau kurang gak bisa masak. kamu belanja lagi ya..
Gua: *no comment*

…dan gua pun balik lagi ke dapur. Nyokap gua yang lagi masak jadi kesel sendiri ngeliat gua bulak-balik ke dapur terus. Akhirnya nyokap gua ikut sama gua ke ruang tamu.
Nyokap: De! Rur! gimana sih? Ini adiknya kok gak diajak main, malah disuruh belanja melulu!
Mba Sofie: habisnya… habisnya…. *bingung cari alasan* 
Nyokap: mana Mba Ruri?!
Mba Sofie: mba Ruri…?? Mba Ruri…?? *manggil-manggil*
Mba Sofie: HAH??!!! TIDUR??!!!!
*that day i learned the true meaning of sila ke 5 Pancasila…

About nicknames..
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Pemberian nickname kepada seseorang adalah suatu hal yang wajar sekaligus mengesalkan kadang-kadang. Dalam lingkup keluarga, I basically have four different nicknames.
Nickname paling membanggakan dateng dari bokap yang sering manggil gua dengan sebutan “hapsari”. Kayaknya gak ada yang pernah manggil gua pake nama tengah, kecuali bokap gua. Dan bokap gua juga kayaknya gak pernah manggil kakak2 gua dengan nama tengahnya. Hehe ^_^
Nickname yang paling konstan dan tidak berubah datang dari kakak pertama gua, Mba Ruri, yang menganugrahkan nickname “witot” buat gua. I have no complaints lah against this. 
Nickname paling mengesalkan mungkin datang dari nyokap gua yang for as long as i remember sering manggil gua dengan sebutan “baby” or “my baby”. Ngeselin, soalnya nickname ini berpotensi menimbulkan kecemburuan sosial antara gua dan kakak2 gua waktu masih kecil dulu.

Nickname paling ajaib mungkin datang dari kakak kedua gua, Mba Sofie. Jujur, nickname dari dia banyak banget sampe gua sendiri sering gak nyadar kalau dia itu sebenernya lagi manggil gua. Gua lupa nickname gua apa aja, yang jelas bejibun. Kalau diliat dari cerita di atas, bisa ditebak nickname dari dia itu bakal sangat random dan ajaib. Contohnya waktu SeaWorld pertama kali dibuka, dia manggil gua dengan sebutan “SeaWorld”. Bosen sama nickname itu, dia ganti lagi jadi “Sweet Girl” (dan ini pun sempat ganti jadi beberapa versi). Bosen sama nickname itu, dia ganti lagi jadi “Little Cie”. Gua gak ngerti deh itu asal muasalnya dari mana. Tapi Little Cie itu bertahan lumayan lama dan jadi nickname gua sampe sekarang. Mungkin karena posisi gua yang paling kecil di rumah, jadi gua gak bisa komplain banyak tentang nickname yang gua terima, walau kalau lagi kumpul keluarga, sodara-sodara gua sering heran kalau tiba-tiba denger orang teriak2 “Little!!! Little!!!”

Belakangan gua denger ponakan gua juga jadi korban pemberian nickname yang semena-mena itu.
Nama ponakan gua (anak Mba Ruri) berubah secara dahsyat dari Arin menjadi PEANUT. 
Tinggal menunggu waktu aja sih, sampe nickname itu berubah menjadi sesuatu yang lebih absurd dan unimaginable. 

 

Just like we used to be....

 

My lovely sisters, miss them so much..

……… These little things make me realise just how beautiful my life is….

 

 

~w~

I Won’t Grow My Nails!!!

Okay, this may not go for everyone, but I feel like I need to share these thoughts anyway.

Out of the blue, I went to Superdrug yesterday and found this fake nails that you can put on. These nails really look good and it goes with various style. Since, I never polish my nails or even grow my nails for that matter ( I have the habit to trim my nails every two weeks, don’t hate me, it’s just a habit since long time ago), I decided to just give it a go and bought those fake nails.

So I went home and with a lot of effort, I finally able to stick ten fake nails onto my finger nails. I know I should have took a picture of them and post it here (cause they actually look good!), but I was too lazy, Im sorry. But I have the picture of the whole set, though. They look good, honestly. I feel like I’ve turned into some kind of celebrity or something with those long, pinky, shiny nails…

 

the-so-called-beauty

 

 

Anyway, after I put all ten on, I realize something, …

HOW THE HELL AM I GONNA TAKE THESE THINGS OFF??

Those nails were stuck with glue (duh!) to my natural nails and man that was one hell of a glue. It actually didn’t budge no matter how hard (and painful) I tried to pull it off. Point to note here is that, I never done anything to my nails before, that’s why I don’t know what to do. Well, on the box it says that I would need acetone based nail polish remover. Shoot! Off course I don’t have that!

Oh well, I just have to go buy it then. I decided to buy it the next day (which is today) because it was already passed 5 PM by the time I finished my nails and drug stores were already closed. So until then I just have to bear with those extremely long nails. At that time I really didn’t mind. Because honestly, they made my hands so pretty.

BUT, honestly girls. NEVER HAVE LONG FINGER NAILS!!

The first thing I notice after I stuck with those long nails is that….. I cannot type….. . Everytime I tried to push a character, I ended up push the character above it (or next to it). So what happened? I ended up writing emails with my nails (man, that was the longest time I’ve spent for writing emails). The same thing goes when I tried to use my cellphone.

Up at this point, I was totally pissed off, and I couldn’t see the beauty of having long nails at all. The next thing I noticed is, i cannot open my tomato sauce bottle (or any kind of bottle for that matter). I tried to use my (fake) nails, but it hurts!! So I had to use my mouth (and that also goes for my facal wash, shampoo, and toner bottle). Oh, and while we’re on that, guess we’re having for dinner that night? FRIED CHICKEN!!

*sigh* After a long tiring night, I decided to just go to sleep. So I did my routine before I went to bed, brush my teeth and wash my face. Okay, ladies, listen up. Washing your face with long nails attached on your fingers is not really a good idea. Cause instead of having a clean and fresh face, you’ll end up having your face scratched all over, like you just had a fight with the neighbour’s cat.

*deep sigh*

My life was pretty much miserable at this point, I won’t even start about the toilet. The next morning, I was so determined to get that acetone-based-whatever-remover no matter what. I woke up, (and with a lot of struggle) took a bath, and dressed up. I put my foundation on but guess what? Most of the foundation ended up stuck on my nails instead of my face!! Ugh!!

Anyway, I’m glad now that I (finally) can get those fake nails off of my natural (beauty) nails To be frankly, the joy of having long, pinky, shiny nails, only lasted not more than 10 minutes yesterday. And I guess I’ll never want to wear anything like that ever again. Natural (normal) nails are the best, girls.

Natural beauty is the best

6 Hal Kalau Udah Bosen

Ada 6 hal yang selalu jadi pelarian gua kalau lagi bosen sama kerjaan. 1) Twinnings Green Tea.

Ternyata green tea bisa bikin tenang dan kenyang. Apalagi diminum hangat-hangat. Nikmat banget. Kalau gua bosen belajar, biasanya langsung bikin green tea terus check mail or nyalain skype terus telepon rumah deh  2) Makan
Okay, so this explains my current weight a lot. Not much to say there though >_<

3) Mandi

Berlama-lama mandi pake air anget itu enaaaaaaaaak banget, terus sambil ditemenin lagu-lagu dari mp3 player. Abis mandi seger lagi deh!4) Body Trimmer

Ini punya Kak Linda sih, gua pinjem dulu. Enak main ini setelah lama-lama duduk depan komputer. Pegel-pegel di sekitar pinggang langsung hilang (that’s not the case for the shoulder, though )5) Nelpon rumah

Sekali nelepon bisa sejam, talking about absolutely nothing. I just love to hear my parents voice and sometimes my sister’s voice as the background asking “Mom, where’s this?” “Mom, where’s that?”
Kind of funny and nostalgic at the same time. I miss them so much.
If I call my sister, things would be totally different though. Well, it will still be around one hour, but most of the time, she’s the one who’s talking. I’ll be saying “Oh…” or “ya…” most of the time. Miss you, mba!6) My precious ruby box (320GB portable hard disk)

Benda ini paling manjur dah buat ngilangin bosen. 
Kenapa??? 
Karena di dalamnya gua bisa liat mereka….

Hehehehe…..
Aah… my life is beautiful. As always.
Alhamdulilah.

Catetan Gua Selama di Kelas

Ujian tinggal 1 bulan lagi. 
Saatnya mulai revisi pelajaran! YAY!

Barusan gua review catatan gua selama di kelas.
Ternyata nyaris setengahnya dari catetan gua itu sama sekali gak berhubungan sama pelajaran!
Random notes gitu deh.
Nah, today I want to share things that I found from reading those random notes.

WARNING: Karena sejak 6 tahun yang lalu gua lebih sering ngetik ketimbang nulis, harap maklum kalau tulisan gua agak-agak abstrak.

Okay?! Mari kita mulai…

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One thing I notice, hampir setiap awalan catetan gua dimulai dengan doa..
bagus….bagus….

Hampir semua notes gua berlaku hubungan sebab-akibat

Kalau mulai bosen, coba alihkan perhatian ke hal yang lebih menarik untuk sesaat.

ya..ya… jangan kelamaan ya, cuma sesaat aja kok…

GUA BILANG, CUMA SESAAT!!!!

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Gua sering langsung nulis apa aja yang terlintas di benak gua.
Entah itu pertanyaan yang tiba-tiba muncul di pikiran (yang kadang bersifat retoris),

atau perasaan yang tiba-tiba gua rasain.
misalnya perasaan bersalah:

perasaan gak jelas:

perasaan gak penting:

or perasaan kesel:

bisa juga nulis target jangka pendek:

target jangka panjang:

target yang mustahil:

target yang ngawur:

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Perasaan ngantuk itu adalah hal yang manusiawi, Wid….. get real.

Tentu saja, kalau rasa kantuk menyerang, do your best to not fall asleep…

berusahalah sekuat tenaga….

dan terimalah kenyataan kalau memang bener-bener ngantuk…

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Well, those are some of my random notes. Hope you enjoy it!

YOSH! Now back to study!!! 
Ganbare, Widya!

~W~

4 Reasons Why I Come To Class

 I don’t know why I write this. 
Oh well. *shrug*

1. The subject has exam at the end of the term

…..need I say more….??

2. The subject is interesting

IT Law is probably the most interesting subject I have ever learned. It’s amazing how you see IT in law’s perspective and vice versa. Like for example, you might buy David Archuletta CD, but converting the songs into mp3 and put it in your own laptop, basically is a breach of copyright. Amazing, huh? 

3. Your room suddenly turns into a dull place to be

4. You’ll feel guilty if you don’t come

So…. for those of you who’s thinking about continuing your studies…. well…

…..think well….

25 Random Things…

I decided to run away from my works for a while

~aaaah…. so tired….~

Warning! Totally Random!!

1. My first name means “sharp memory” in Hindi language (and they actually use the word in prayers)

2. Up until now I can’t stand any cuisine that have prawns, lobsters, crabs, clamps, and bunch of others on it. (sorry for not giving the pictures, I can’t stand them even in 2D forms).

3. I wrote “try new things” as a resolution last year, I think that’s the only resolution that I managed to accomplish on 2008. (and i wrote it again this year, wonder what would happen )

My "Dashboard"

4. I think I’ve just got hit by the karma

 

my karma...

5. The first music I heard was from New Kids on The Block (blame my eldest sister for that). Totally hooked by Joey McIntyre’s voice up until now.

6. I like the word Satoshi which means guidance. [I've warned you it will be totally random]

7. My right eye is slant-er than the left one

8. My relatives would recall me as: the girl version of my dad

 

Me and Daddy

9. I have wierd habit of running my hands through my hair. My mommy said I have a unique pattern on doing it.

10. My best friends call me “babyta”, a nickname I invented myself :p
Then of course they improvise by calling me “baby” or even “babe”

11. Has your dad ever hug you? I mean, not a casual “hello” or “goodbye” hug. It’s a hug, deep, silent, sincere hug. My dad has, and I will never forget that momment

12. I’ve spent 10 DVDs to burn all of my Arashi video and I’ve got 10 more to come

 

My Arashi DVDs

13. I still have one childhood dream to accomplish; going to Switzerland

14. Obsession of all time: PLAYING PIANO!!!!

15. favorite lyric: “If anyone can make me fall in love, you can” by David Archuletta

 

My David's on the floor

16. I once planned (for no reason at all) to adopt a kid before getting married. But then of course my Mom totally objected it, so I had to cancel that plan.

17. I used baby bottle to drink milk until I was 12 (can you imagine that? it’s like 6th grade of elementary school….)

18. I’m teaching myself Japanese now, and if anyone ask me what is “adorable” in Japanese, I’d say: “ninomiya kazunari”

19. This year I celebrated my birthday on Friday the 13th (hows that for a birthday!)

 

where's the birthday girl??

20. I got hit by a car on 2006, amazingly I don’t remember a thing about it.

21. I DON’T WATCH movies that involve war (Narnia is an exception, cause the animation is waaay too cool to be missed), blood, sex, and violence to human or animal in any form.

22. The Birthday message I received from my Mom this year was something like this: “Happy 24th Birthday, may you always stay healthy, live a good life and meet the man of your life. Amen. Oh, and CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT!!!!“ 

After all the good prayers, she just had to point out my weight. Yep, that’s my Mom. How I love you, Mom

 

Miss you Mom..

23. My Most Memorable Phone Conversation With My Family:
Me: Hi mom, sorry for not calling yesterday. I was busy with courseworks.
Mom: Hei, so how’s your weight?
Me: *casually answer* It’s 70 now
Mom: *long pause*
[My Mom always use speaker when I call, so I could hear my dad and sister frantically reacted in the background. Something like: "SHE'S 70!!!! SHE'S 70!!! Wait... that's like only 10 kilos away from you, Dad"]
Me: Mom??
Mom: *longer pause* 
Dad (background voice): Widya Hapsari Chaerani!!! You better stop eating dinner from now on!!!!

24. For as long as I can remember, I always have imaginary friends.
(whoa… I guess I never shared that fact to anyone before…. oh well it’s not like it makes any difference anyway…)

25. I’ve NEVER EVER….let me repeat that… NEVER EVER…. seen a single ant in UK

 

I'm serious!!

Aaaah…. my life is beautiful….

~w~

What I Have Done in 2008

As I have always done since I was a teenage, I always reflect myself towards the change of year. What I usually do is basically list all the things I did and create another list to do next year. Call it resolution or whatever, it helps me to focus most of the time.  Well, this year is not different too

Last year, my to-do-list consist of only one thing: to get a permanent job at a big established company in Indonesia. This was rather a new thing for me since during my teenage and college year, my list was usually full of ‘abstract’ things such as ‘be a better daughter’, ’study more effectively’, ’smile more often’, ’self motivate more’, and such and such. To achieve ‘abstract’ things like that, you do not need chartered task or deadlines. You just gotta put in your minds that you need to study more effectively when new term starts, or to smile more often when people around you starts to be so annoying.

But my 2008 list was too concrete if I must say. I created the list because I realised I need to established my own life while at the same time take care of my parents. And to achieve that, I just gotta find a good permanent job, like my sister did. I thinks that was what’s on my mind most of the time after I graduated on September 2007.

Surprisingly though, regardless of how concrete the goal was, I moved towards that direction. I joined special training to face employment test. I revise and revise my CV, sent out many applications to companies like Telkom, Telkomsel, Bakrie Telecom, Excelcomindo, etc. I put my full effort on it.

But I learned that things can go in totally different direction from what you have planned, no matter how well you planned it, no matter how strict you are to the chartered task. Because there is this one Almighty power that controls your life. One fact that you just cannot deny.
As in my case, I ended up following long series of Depkominfo scholarship tests. Obtaining master degree was not even on my list. Well, I figure it will be on my list someday, but not on 2008.
God tells me differently, though.

To be honest, there was time during the scholarship applying process where I questioned myself: What am I doing anyway? Why am I following this whole nitty bitty process that cost me much energy, time and money? For what? I didn’t plan this!

The whole 6 months process that I’ve been through last year, was probably the most mature process that I have ever been through throughout my life. Because I decided everything, in this case is where do I want to take my future to, all by myself. There were lots of obstacles for sure, since it was all new things for me, but I always (regardless of my own uncertainties about what I was doing at that time), tried my best to overcome it. I remembered days when I correspond to many universities in UK, days when  I had to leave my job and travel to Cikarang just to get signatures from my previous lectures, days when I had to spent serious amount of money just to post two pieces of document to UK, days when I cried because I cannot enter King’s College London just because their Letter of Accaptance arrived late, days when I had to process my passport, days when I had to process my visa, nights when I struggled to construct good Statement of Purpose, day when I had to leave my job permanently. Man, I grew a lot.

When I was announced that I got the opportunity to continue my education abroad, I knew right then and there that I cannot turn back.  Any obstables coming my way, I just have to face and deal with it. I cannot turn back. So, with that, my list changed drastically. From obtaining good position of employment into doing one year master degree. 

I am sure things happen for a reason. Sometimes I feel sad because I cannot be there with my parents and support them (mostly financialy)  like I used to do last year. Most of the time I’m not even sure what I will do after I got my degree and return home. However, I know I’m gaining new experience and knowledge. And this will lead to somewhere. 

By the end of 2008, I have had my first term in UK. I must say, I learned lots of new things, not only inside class, but also outside class. I can say I’ve changed since the first time I stepped outside the First Great Western train that brought me from London to Plymouth. I’m tougher and smarter in a sense. I just hope that I’ll be much better in the following year.

Okay, having said all that, let me just list the thing I want to do in 2009. I am more open minded now, knowing that things may once again turns into completely different directions from what I have planned. But still I want to create the list.
I just think I need to list what I want to do so that I won’t lose my focus this year. This year seem to be rather important for me though. I gotta finish my master degree this year and I gotta make it worth doing too

So, things I need to do this year are:

1. Finish my master degree
2. Get back to Indonesia and get a job
3. Funding my father’s eye operation
4. Lose 10 kgs.

Hmm…. those are pretty much what I wanted to achieve this year. Not too fancy, huh? Well, I used to make long list to do few years back. And I ended up doing none of it. As I grow wiser (do I?), I realize that it is simpler to achieve one thing at a time. Let’s see what this year will become for me..